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Renewables
Octopus Renewables ups stake in UK offshore wind farm
UK investment firm Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) has increased its ownership interest in the Lincs offshore wind farm, located…
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Offshore
Petrofac seals North Sea contract extension
UK energy services company Petrofac has secured a three-year contract extension for maintenance services from Serica Energy. The deal will…
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Offshore
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden to step down at year-end
Ben van Beurden will step down as a chief executive officer of London-based energy supermajor Shell at the end of…
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Offshore
TechnipFMC scores Brazil subsea contract with TotalEnergies
TechnipFMC has won a contract from TotalEnergies for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) at its Lapa North East field…
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Ports and Logistics
Date set for new strike at Felixstowe
UK’s top container port Felixstowe is facing its second eight-day strike this year as the pay dispute with workers continues.…
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Offshore
Shearwater and WesternGeco agree multi-year seismic services deal
Offshore seismic specialist Shearwater GeoServices has struck a multi-year deal with WesternGeco for geophysical data acquisition services and secured a…
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Offshore
Standard Supply upbeat on offshore rates with new UK licenses on the horizon
Norway’s Standard Supply is optimistic about the offshore sector after seeing an increase in utilisation and earnings last month and…
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Offshore
New UK walk-to-work solutions firm launched
A new walk-to-work solutions provider has been launched in Aberdeen aimed at helping North Sea operators optimise their offshore campaigns.…
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Containers
CMA CGM sells final stake in Global Ship Lease
CMA CGM has sold its last remaining stocks in New York-listed Global Ship Lease, a company it spun off 14…
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Maritime CEO
Inmarsat Maritime: Responding to new challenges
In the job for the past 10 months, Ben Palmer is well aware of the challenges he faces heading up…
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Ports and Logistics
Liverpool port faces two-week strike from September 19
More than 560 port operatives and maintenance engineers at the Port of Liverpool, one of the UK’s largest container ports,…
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Dry Cargo
Baltic Exchange working to develop panamax derivatives in China
The Baltic Exchange and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE), China’s largest futures and derivatives exchange, have agreed a memorandum of understanding…
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Containers
ZIM links up with Shell in $1bn LNG bunkering deal
Israeli carrier ZIM has signed a 10-year agreement with Shell, valued at more than $1bn, for the supply of liquified…
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Tech
Data usage on commercial maritime vessels has tripled since 2019
Data usage on commercial maritime vessels has jumped more than threefold since 2019, according to new communications analysis by sat…
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Offshore
Seadrill sells seven jackup rigs to ADES
Offshore driller Seadrill has reached an agreement with the subsidiaries of ADES Arabia Holding to sell the legal entities that…
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Regulatory
Noble and Maersk Drilling get UK merger clearance
The UK competition watchdog has accepted undertakings provided by Noble Corporation in relation to its merger with Maersk Drilling and…
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Containers
Global Ship Lease forward fixes six boxships to Hapag-Lloyd for five years
Containership owner Global Ship Lease has secured a five-year charter deal with German carrier Hapag-Lloyd for six 6,900 teu vessels.…
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Offshore
Wood awarded new Equinor contract
UK consulting and engineering firm Wood has been selected to deliver the detailed design of subsea pipelines for Equinor’s Halten…
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Dry Cargo
Taylor Maritime moves to take full control of Grindrod Shipping
London-listed Taylor Maritime Investments (TMI) is looking to fully take over Singapore-based Grindrod Shipping. The Ed Buttery-led bulker owner has…
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Operations
CORE POWER and MIT secure funding for floating nuclear research project
The US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) has granted research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, CORE…
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